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New data and analysis from the Brennan Center show that the deadlocked Federal Election Commission has failed to provide guidance to candidates, parties, and others seeking to understand their legal obligations; update regulations to reflect changes in the law; or investigate allegations of serious legal violations.

The Brennan Center has deep expertise on many of the issues at the core of the report, including: presidential power, securing elections from foreign interference, campaign finance laws that govern the influence of money in politics, and more.

This morning the New York State Assembly and Senate passed budget legislation for fiscal year 2020 that establishes a commission charged with creating a small donor public campaign financing program for statewide and state legislative offices by the end of 2019.

Senators introduced the For the People Act in the U.S. Senate. The bill mirrors H.R. 1, which passed the House and includes proposals to modernize our voting systems, reform campaign finance laws, curb partisan gerrymandering, and restore voting rights to people with criminal convictions.

Today the House of Representatives passed the For the People Act (H.R. 1), a set of comprehensive democracy reforms. The legislation would transformvoting, redistricting, ethics rules, and campaign finance, with small donor public financing of federal campaigns as one of its foundational reforms.

In a new report, the Brennan Center provides research and analysis demonstrating New York State’s urgent need to reform its campaign finance system, as well as the most effective solution: small donor public financing.

Governor Andrew Cuomo released his executive budget proposal for 2019 with major improvements to New York State democracy. The proposal includes small donor public financing of state political campaigns, a system that would match donations of $175 or less by 6 to 1. The governor also included automatic voter registration in the proposal.